Activity Dates: 04/28/2025 - 04/28/2028
Date: Monday, 04/28/2025
Time: 11:00 AM (view in the schedule)
Room: Regency
If you are a pharmacist, nurse practitioner, or other health care professional involved in the comprehensive medication management of individuals living with mental health and/or substance use disorders, we invite you to participate in this online course.
Postpartum psychosis is a true psychiatric emergency. It is an uncommon disorder, but associated with a disproportionate risk for maternal suicide and infanticide – so it is urgent for all who come in contact with postpartum patients to be able to recognize this devastating condition. Women suffering from postpartum psychosis are often misdiagnosed with postpartum depression, which can lead to treatment choices that exacerbate rather than ameliorate the symptoms. Psychiatric pharmacists can help bridge this gap in perinatal mental health care by knowledge of evidence-based treatment protocols. In this presentation, participants will learn the most recent science about the causes of postpartum psychosis, and will also learn how to identify it and provide appropriate treatment.
Lauren M. Osborne, MD
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The American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
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